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Monday, July 17, 2017

Bethesda Ave. resurfacing could begin as soon as tonight

The Montgomery County Department of Transportation Division of Highway Services is scheduled to begin resurfacing of Bethesda Avenue between Woodmont Avenue and Arlington Road as soon as tonight. Nighttime work hours will be from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM, and the project is expected to take a week to complete.

Work will include milling, patching, resurfacing, and modifications to curbs, gutters, sidewalks, ADA ramps and storm drain inlets. Residents of the Flats at Bethesda Avenue and Upstairs at Bethesda Row may want to pick up earplugs or fire up the white noise machine.

The County is tremendously late in addressing the poor surface conditions of Bethesda Avenue. Especially as a main route through the high-end shopping area of Bethesda Row, the state of the roadway has been an embarrassment. But it's a predictable embarrassment, when you remember that none of the current County Council members lives in Bethesda.

I was driving this yesterday and wondering when it was going to be resurfaced. It definitely needs it, and it's probably in the worst condition of any heavily-used road in downtown Bethesda (mainly because Arlington was recently resurfaced).

What they should really do is get rid of the street parking here and widen the sidewalk. Any plans for that?

The people I speak to in the community all see Robert very favorably. I don't know if you go outside or not, but if you actually speak to people, they all think he has done a wonderful job with his work. Also, a kid may have vandalized that tastee diner sign. I highly doubt they would put that up themselves since Robert already broke the news on the sale.

"If "Anonymous" would get out of his hole and go into the community, he'd speak with dedicated Dyer readers all over Bethesda."

Friends of Woodmont Triangle @ 8:32 AM:

"The people I speak to in the community all see Robert very favorably. I don't know if you go outside or not, but if you actually speak to people, they all think he has done a wonderful job with his work."

Tweedle-Dumb and Tweedle-Dumber type the same thing in the same minute. LOL